Brownsville

My Hispanic heritage and the challenges my family faced shaped my character. My grandparents, uncles, aunts, and father picked cotton in the fields in order to get by and have food on the table. My mother worked seven different jobs during high school and college to pay for her academic studies. Their experiences taught me that it is important to focus on academics in high school and be resilient in college. Being bilingual in Spanish and English is another skill I have and will benefit my…

Loupe faced a lot of obstacles in her journey to success starting with her parents had divorced and she lived with her grandparents. her grandparents became blind and left Mexico and went to Brownsville, Texas to get treatment and she was serve them. She enrolled to school but she didn’t understood English. She had a bad score an IQ test in English. She was put into first grade with a class of sex-years and she was in that time 12 years old. She was humiliated by other children because she was…

The Hispanic culture is significant to me because I am Mexican as well. I was born in Brownsville, Texas but grew up in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and I speak both languages fluently. People always stereotype us by mostly saying negative comments and making jokes all the time. Being Hispanic defines being a hard worker, humble, the pursuit of happiness, and to never forget your roots. To be Mexican, it means to be proud of your ethnicity. It means that we work hard every day to get what we want.…

A small, black, south Florida boy, born under the name of Jahseh Onfroy, on January 23, 1998. Delivered by a black doctor in a hospital just outside the border of the Suncoast Estates. Not born into a notably safe area, Jahseh was surrounded by a dangerous community, with perilous people. The town looked as if it was the aftermath of a warzone. The buildings were precarious, worn down, and seemed as if they could collapse and crumble to the ground at any moment, any second. As Jahseh grew, he…

inculcated by my father as he served in the military for more than 30 years. He has always inculcated that we need to serve our country and serve to a greater good than ourselves and assist others. I started volunteering this past summer at the Brownsville Museum and school activities promoting support for our athletes. This is an area where there are unlimited possibilities in serving for greater good, but I will concentrate my efforts within my school to make a positive impact in my community.…

My ambition to become a dentist and practice in underserved community clinics comes from my experiences living in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. My hometown, Los Fresnos, is between two of the poorest cities in America - Brownsville and Harlingen. Some areas of Los Fresnos have more than 90% of families living below the poverty line with average household incomes below $15,000. Many who live near the poverty line rely on inexpensive or government clinics to receive health care. As a resident of…

Good Neighbor Settlement House I arrived at 4:45pm almost late because I live in San Benito travel to Brownsville. It's happened to me was brought to three plate compartment tray from Walmart is total are $14.47. Then I went to Good Neighbor Settlement House use the map but, I had to my phone on found to the place because I never had seen before there. Now I found where the Good Neighbor Settlement House was, and then when enter. I saw students from my class and all the people who came to feed…

it can be the complete opposite. The goal of many restaurants is to provide quality food and service for customers in hopes that they return and reward their place with excellent reviews. In particular, Johnny Carino’s near the sunrise mall in Brownsville gives an outstanding dining experience because of its cleanness, amazing service and delicious food that’ll leave you mouth watering. Carino’s promotes great sanitation, when in the bathroom there are about 3 signs that insist all employees…

us the importance of receiving an education. Due to my parents lack of education and marketable skills, they found it necessary to apply to live in public housing in New York City, where in 2009, we moved to public housing in the neighborhood of Brownsville in Brooklyn. Immediately, upon moving to public housing, whenever I mentioned to people that I…

Gulf Coast Agriculture Citrus, sugar cane, and rice are the major specialty crops grown on the Gulf Coast. Sugar cane is grown primarily in Louisiana and Texas. [Other than southern Florida] this is the only place in the 48 contiguous states where sugar cane can be grown, because of its need for abundant rainfall (over 50 inches/year) and its sensitivity to frost. Mild winters also make the Gulf Coast region a major supplier of vegetables to the northeastern US in the winter months. Amenity…